The United States and Israel have dealt a serious blow to the non-proliferation regime, the IAEA safeguards system and the credibility to it, Russian Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov said on Wednesday.
"What should really concern us now is the preservation of the non–proliferation regime, the IAEA safeguards system and the confidence of the states in it. It was against them that the United States and Israel dealt a crushing blow – and this is the second one in the last eight months," Ulyanov said.
Discussing the technical parameters of Iran's nuclear program amid the ongoing crisis in the region is a caricature, the official said.
"Russia strongly condemns the unprovoked aggression of the United States and Israel against Iran," Ulyanov said, adding that the risks that the US-Israeli aggression has already created for the safety of Bushehr NPP are of particular concern.
The ideas that direct attacks on Iranian nuclear facility in Natanz are not dangerous are irresponsible, Ulyanov said.
The risks that the US-Israeli aggression has already created for the safety of the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant are of particular concern, Mikhail Ulyanov said.
"The risks that the US-Israeli aggression has already created for the safety of the Bushehr nuclear power plant are of particular concern," Ulyanov said at a meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors.
Explosions were heard kilometers away from the plant's physical protection line, and breaches of integrity may have catastrophic consequences, the envoy said.
Ideas that direct attacks on the Iranian nuclear facility in Natanz are not dangerous are irresponsible, Ulyanov said, adding that Russia strongly condemns unprovoked US and Israeli aggression against Iran and the attack on the Natanz facility under the IAEA safeguards.
Russia demands that the United States and Israel immediately cease aggression in the Middle East in the interests of peace and stability, not only in this region, Ulyanov added.
The future developments around Iran's nuclear program remain unclear, as escalation has gone out of control, Ulyanov said.
"What is next is unclear. The escalation has become uncontrollable," Ulyanov said at the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
It will be possible to return to a discussion on the implementation of IAEA safeguards in Iran only after the cessation of hostilities, the envoy added.
